unemployment.csv
unemployment_wide.csv

Description

The official unemployment rate is the fraction of the labor force that is unemployed, expressed as a percentage. For this measure, “unemployed” is defined as people who are willing and available to work and who have actively sought employment the past four weeks, but are not working. People with temporary, part-time, or full-time jobs, or people who perform at least 15 hours of unpaid family work, are considered employed. People who cannot work due to a disability or who have stopped looking for work (e.g., who have become discouraged and given up), are not considered part of the labor force.

Variables

Rows: 660
Columns: 3
$ year  <dbl> 1968, 1968, 1968, 1968, 1968, 1968, 1968, 1968, 1968, 1968, 1968…
$ month <chr> "Jan", "Feb", "Mar", "Apr", "May", "Jun", "Jul", "Aug", "Sep", "…
$ rate  <dbl> 3.7, 3.8, 3.7, 3.5, 3.5, 3.7, 3.7, 3.5, 3.4, 3.4, 3.4, 3.4, 3.4,…
# A tibble: 6 × 3
   year month  rate
  <dbl> <chr> <dbl>
1  1968 Jan     3.7
2  1968 Feb     3.8
3  1968 Mar     3.7
4  1968 Apr     3.5
5  1968 May     3.5
6  1968 Jun     3.7
# A tibble: 6 × 3
   year month  rate
  <dbl> <chr> <dbl>
1  2022 Jul     3.5
2  2022 Aug     3.7
3  2022 Sep     3.5
4  2022 Oct     3.7
5  2022 Nov     3.6
6  2022 Dec     3.5

References

Bureau of Labor Statistics: Seasonally Adjusted Unemployment Rate

Bureau of Labor Statistics: What is Seasonal Adjustment?

Investopedia: Unemployment

US Bureau of Labor Statistics: Databases, Tables & Calculators by Subject

BLS Unemployment Rate, All Years